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trail. jeff bezos takes a $23 billion personal hit. the bigger story here, what amazon sales outlook says about the u.s. economy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm christine romans. we begin with a titanic sea change in the world of social media. billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. two sources tell cnn musk launched his takeover by firing the ceo and two others. he spent months trying to get out of it. >> for musk, it really sunk in for him this week that he would now be owning twitter. we heard that the deal h...

it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. i'm brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitter's ceo, the chief financial officer and the company's top lawyer. musk first agreed to buy the company in april, then he spent months trying to get out of the deal, which was finalized just before today's deadline. >> musk attempted to reassure advertisers, posting an open letter on twitter why he bought the platform, saying, quote, the...

race. we can't afford to get it wrong. vote democrat on november 8th. >> reporter: he's still one of the most popular figures in his party going where president biden is far less welcome by democrats this year. >> i am fired up. are you fired up? >> reporter: of course, it wasn't always that way. like when obama faced a punishing mid-term election of his own in 2010 losing 63 stooets and control of the house, 6 senate seats and devastating defeats in state capitols. >> i'm not recommending for every president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. you know, i'm sure ther...

right now, the stage is set for what could be an historic election if democrats can defy trends. >> if you ignore the fear mongering, if you ignore the cynicism, if you vote, then we will keep this country moving forward. >> and you look at all the polling data. if y'all show up and vote, democracy's sustained. not a joke. >> as donald trump uses his campaign rallies to road test a likely run in 2024 and ron desantis. >> let's see. there it is. trump at 71. ron disanctimonious at 10%. >> this hour, we'll have reports from five states. pennsylvania, georgia, wisconsin, nevada, and ari...

quote, it's not my quote just to be very clear. elon musk sending a message moments after taking over twitter. i'm brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> happy friday. >> happy friday to you as well. john berman is off this friday. and the tesla and spacex billionaire, elon musk completing his $44 billion acquisition last night, once in charge musk was quick to show the door to top twitter executives. he fired the company's ceo, the chief financial officer, the chief legal counsel. he first agreed to buy the company all the way back in april and then he spent months tryi...